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Lcchang Posted 20 years ago
Grammar

A question from the text book

0Dear teachers,02br
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00Monday is the second day of the week.02font02br
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00Is it possible to say...02br
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01font00Monday is the second day of a week.02font02br
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01font00Monday is the second day in a week.02font00 02br
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00Please advise,02br
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Top answer

0 " in " indicates the number of indiviual parts of something in this case. 02br 02br 00" of " identies Monday is part of a week. 02br 02br 00Monday is the second day in a week is not correct because monday is not in a week.

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  • 0 " in " indicates the number of indiviual parts of something in this case.
  • 02br 02br 00" of " identies Monday is part of a week.
  • 02br 02br 00Monday is the second day in a week is not correct because monday is not in a week.
  • seven days in a week.
  • monday is only part of a week.
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0 " in " indicates the number of indiviual parts of something in this case. 02br
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0 It should be "Monday is the second day of the week". "The week" here means "the seven days that are arranged in the order of Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, …Saturday". On the other hand "a week" means only a period equivalent to seven days or 168 hours.02br
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0So helpful!! Thanks.02br
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